Volkel Air Base

Volkel Air Base is one of the 2 Dutch F-16 air bases. The other is Leeuwarden
Air Base. The most important tasks of Volkel Air Base are air support and air
defence.

Defending Dutch airspace

Since 1 January 2017, the Netherlands and Belgium have been taking it in turns to monitor the airspace of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (Benelux). F-16s intercept aircraft that do not identify themselves. The Dutch F-16s are on stand-by for this ‘Quick Reaction Alert’, either in Leeuwarden or in Volkel.